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The Art of Choosing - Sheena Iyengar
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Choice, perhaps the highest good in the American socioeconomic lexicon, is a very mixed blessing, according to this fascinating study of decis... -
The Anatomist's Apprentice - Tessa Harris
In the first in a stunning new mystery series set in eighteenth-century England, Tessa Harris introduces Dr. Thomas Silkstone, anatomist and pioneering forensic detective. . .The d... -
The Amazing Maurice and His Edu - Terry Pratchett
Maurice, a streetwise tomcat, has the perfect money-making scam. Everyone knows the stories about rats and pipers, and Maurice has a stupid-looking kid with a pipe, and his very ow... -
The ABC Murders - Agatha Christie
SUMMARY:Alice Ascher, a shopkeeper in Andover, is bludgeoned to death at her place of work. Next to die is Miss Bernard in Bexhill, then Mr. Clarke in Churston. More disturb... -
Team Rodent - Carl Hiaasen
Amazon.com ReviewLet's get one thing straight: Carl Hiaasen doesn't like the Walt Disney Company. Whenever the giant entertainment conglomerate stumbles, as it did with its propose... -
Table for five - Susan Wiggs
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Sometimes it takes a leap of faith in order to soar . . . A gifted teacher, Lily Robinson adores her students, but fiercely guards her independent lifestyle. Deep... -
Sweetness in the Belly - Camilla Gibb
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Lilly, the main character of Camilla Gibb’s stunning new novel, has anything but a stable childhood. The daughter of English/Irish hippies, she was “born in Yugos... -
Sweet Thunder_ The Life and Tim - Wil Haygood
Review"Haygood's book is certainly one of the best biographies of a boxer ever written . . . an important contribution to both sports literature and African American studies."-Gera... -
Superheroes and Philosophy_ Tru - William Irwin; Tom Morris; Matt
Review"Superman's costume always bugged me when I was a kid... So you need a secret identity – cool. But what’s the deal with all the rainbow-hued Spandex masks and costumes?... I ... -
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow - Jessica Day George
From BooklistUnnamed and rejected by her mother, a girl (known as the lass) jumps at the chance to leave her meager home after a great white bear offers her a deal: if she accompan...